Timber seat and tie for building purposes



(No Model.)

' H. A. GOETZ.

TIMBER SEAT AND TIE POR BUILDING PURPOSES.

No. 437,592. Y Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY AUGUST GOETZ, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

VTIMBER SEAT AND TIE -FORiBUILDING PURPOSES.

SPECFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,592, dated September 30, 1890.

Application filed November 16, 1889. Serial No. 330,557. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY AUGUST GoETz, of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Timber Seats and Ties for Building Purposes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object the production of a cap, base-plate, and timber support and tie combined for building purposes; and it consists in anovel construction and adapta-l tion of the same, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of my improved combined timber seat and tie in one of its forms applied and as adapted to unite an upper and a lower post and two horizontal beams or timbers,- the one of which latter is onlylshown by dotted lines. Figs. 2 and 3 are upper plan views of two modified constructions of the combined timber seat and tie, adapted to unite upper and lower posts and four and three horizontal beams or timbers, respectively. Fig. 4. is a perspective view, as seen from beneath, of the combined timber seat and tie shown in Fig. 2.

A is a metallic casting, which is constructed to form a cap, base-plate, and timber support and tie combined. Thus, as shown in Fig. 1, said casting is constructed to form a cap which not only servesto unite a lower upright post B and upper like post C, so as to make a continuous column to the roof of a building, said casting being repeated for each pair of posts, one above the other, where more than one pair in the same vertical plane are used, but which also serves to carry and unite horizontal or other beams or timbers D D on opposite sides of the vertical posts. To these ends said casting, as shown in Fig. 1, is constructedwith opposite upright sides a a, united intermediately of their depth by a diaphragm or base-plate b. These several portions or plates virtually form sockets, pockets, or rests for the reception of the lower end of the upper post C, and the base-plate formsa cap for the upper end of the lower post B, and said posts thus arranged end to end are bolted together,

as it were, so as to form a continuous column tended, as at b b', to form sockets or pockets.

and rests within the cap for the inner ends of the horizontal beams or timbers D D.

The extended portions of the base-plate bV are constructed with transverse lugs or projections d, whichkenter corresponding grooves made in the lower surfaces of the horizontal timbers D D to hold the latter in place and to more firmly unite the whole.

The constructions shownin Figs; 2, 3, and

4 ot' the drawings are substantially the same,

and similar letters of reference indicate like parts, only in Figs. 2 and 4 the cap A is made withadditional side and base-plate extensions having lugs d on them, arranged at right angles to the other side and base-plate extensions to adapt the cap to carryfour horizontal members or timbers in addition to connecting the upper and lower posts, and said cap on the under side of its base-plate is represented as strengthened by webs e. Fig; 3 shows a like construction of cap adapted to carry three horizontal members or timbers.

By the construction, as described, of my improved timber seat and tie cap, bolting the upper and lower posts together and engaging with and supporting the ends of the horizon tal beams or timbers crushing of the posts or timbers, producing settling of the structure `is avoided, and should any of the horizontal timbers fall from either side there will be no danger of upsetting or throwing o the cap from its position uniting the upper and lower posts, and in case of ire any part may burn through and fall without disturbing the balance of the structure, also the greater the weight that is thrown upon the vertical col` umn's the firmer will be the bondage that holdsthe parts together.

To prevent the accumulation of dampness in thevcap A and consequent rot-ting of the timbers, apertures s are made in its sides.

A conspicuous feature of this timber seat or cap `as compared with others is, that it IOO serves to irmly unite or bolt together, end to end, the upper and lower posts; also, another conspicuous feature of difference is, that if the lower upright or sustaining post is burned away the whole structure, instead of falling, will be sustained by reason of the uniting cap or casting being bolted to the base of the upper post, and the horizontal timbers which rest upon this casting, com-l bined with the upper post to which said casting is held, act as a key to hold the parts together.

By reason of the bolting of the vertical posts together through the intervention of the cap or casting and bolts, as described, there is no risk, as hereinbefore remarked, of a falling horizontal beam displacing or throwing the structure 'down during a iire, the falling hori- V Without losing time Aby waiting for timber.

The timbers are held together so securely that they are not liable to warp out of position or line.

Having thus described my invention, what I l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters l. In combined seats and ties for posts and beams of buildings, a combined seat and 'tie cap constructed to provide for its connection by bolts to the base portion of an upper post and provided with a 'base-plate arranged to i extend, asialso the sides of the cap, laterally beyond the post, and provided with anchoring lugs or projections on its upper surface for the beams of the structure designed to be sustained by the cap, substantially as specified.

2. In combined seats and ties for posts and beams of buildings, a combined seat and tie cap having an intermediate diaphragm or base-plate and upwardly and downwardly projecting sides constructed to provide for connection of said cap by bolts to the sides of the top of a lower post and sides of the base portion of an upper post to form a continuous column of said posts, `and having lateral baseplate extensions provided on their upper surfaces with upwardly-projecting anchoringlugs for the beams of the structure, essentially as described.

3. A combined seatand tie cap for posts land beams of buildings, constructed to interlock an upper and lower post together by upwardly and downwardly extending side plates fastened on-to the sides of the posts, and to engage or lock with the beams of the structure by outwardly-extending side plates provid-ed with lugs, whereby any part may fall away without disturbing the remainder, substan-A tially as shown and described.

4. A post or column cap for buildings, bolted to the base of an upper post and provided with outwardly-proj ecting base-plate portions adapted to form a rest for lthe beams, substantially as shown Vand described.

5. The combination, with an upper and a lower post, of a combined seat and tie` cap having upwardly-extending sides, fastenings `securing said seat and tie to the base of' the lupper post, and lateral base-plate extensions' provided with upwardly-projecting anchoring-lugs, essentially as set forth. Y

HENRY AUGUST GOETZ.

Witnesses:

HERMANN BUERK, ADDISON N. SCRIBNER. 

